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Nico Pino

Nico Pino
Pino during a karting event
NationalityChile Chilean
Born (2004-09-21) 21 September 2004 (age 20)
Santiago, Chile
European Le Mans Series career
Debut season2021
Current teamInter Europol Competition
Racing licence FIA Silver
Car number13
Starts14 (14 entries)
Wins4
Podiums5
Best finish2nd (LMP3) in 2022
Previous series
2022-23
2021-22
2021
2020
2019		Asian Le Mans Series
EF Open Championship
Supercars Endurance GT4 South
F4 British Championship
F4 SEA Championship

Nicolás Pino Leon (born 21 September 2004) is a Chilean racing driver who currently competes in the LMGT3 class of the FIA World Endurance Championship for United Autosports.

Early career

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Karting

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Pino began his racing career in Karting at the age of 8 in Santiago de Chile until the age of 13 when he moved to compete on the European and World karting scene.

Lower formulae

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After Karting, Pino progressed into Formula 4, making appearances in the Formula 4 South East Asia Championship in 2019. In 2020, the Chilean switched to the British F4 Championship, joining Argenti Motorsport.[1] However, following just four rounds, Pino left the series.

At the end of 2021. he returned to single-seaters, racing in the Euroformula Open Championship round at Monza Circuit.[2] Pino returned to the series at the start of the following year, where he would partake in three rounds with Drivex.[3]

Prototype and Endurance racing

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2021-22: LMP3 successes

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At the back end of 2021, Pino joined Inter Europol Competition for the final two races of the European Le Mans Series, driving in the LMP3 class.[4]

Beginning 2022, the Chilean would drive for IEC in the Asian Le Mans Series, where he and fellow full-time teammate Guilherme Oliveira ended up seventh in the nine-car championship.[5] Pino then embarked on a complete campaign in the ELMS, returning to IEC to partner Oliveira and Charles Crews.[6][7] Despite being disqualified from the opening round due to a technical infringement, the No. 13 crew went on a title charge, winning three successive races in Monza, Barcelona, and Spa.[8][9][10][11] However, following a collision between Pino and the LMP2 of Mathias Beche, the team would be forced to retire after Oliveira experienced a late crash with a GT entry, leaving the team second in the standings.[12]

During the same year, Pino competed in two rounds of the IMSA SportsCar Championship, scoring a podium at the Petit Le Mans event with Sean Creech Motorsport.[13]

2023: LMP2 step-up

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The AsLMS at the start of 2023 heralded Pino's debut in the LMP2 category, as he partnered László Tóth and team owner Miro Konôpka at ARC Bratislava.[14] Their entry struggled throughout the four-race campaign, taking a best finish of seventh and classifying ninth and last in the teams' standings.

Pino split his attention between Europe and America during the summer, racing alongside René Binder and former WEC and Le Mans champion Neel Jani for Duqueine Team in the ELMS, whilst also partaking in the IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup rounds with Sean Creech Motorsport's LMP3 outfit.[15][16] With two Pro class podiums in the former, Pino and his teammates secured fourth place in the standings; the latter series brought second-placed finishes at Daytona and Road America.[17] Pino, Jani, and Binder also drove at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, where the team scored a class podium with third place.[18][19]

2024: WEC debut, ELMS & IMSA

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In 2024, Pino made his debut in the FIA World Endurance Championship, competing in the newly-formed LMGT3 category for United Autosports. Additionally, he signed to race with Nielsen Racing in the European Le Mans Series and took the place of the re-ranked Alex Quinn in United's MEC lineup in IMSA.[20][21][22] At the end of April, it was also announced that Pino had joined Stellantis Motorsport.[23]

Racing record

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Racing career summary

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Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2019 Formula 4 South East Asia Championship Meritus.GP[24] 4 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2020 F4 British Championship Argenti Motorsport 12 0 0 0 0 14 14th
2021 Euroformula Open Championship Drivex School 3 0 0 0 0 4 22nd
European Le Mans Series - LMP3 Inter Europol Competition 2 0 0 0 0 8 28th
Supercars Endurance GT4 South - GT4 Pro Tockwith Motorsport[25][26] 2 2 0 1 2 50 2nd
2022 Asian Le Mans Series - LMP3 Inter Europol Competition 4 0 0 0 0 36 7th
European Le Mans Series - LMP3 6 3 0 0 3 79 2nd
IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP3 Performance Tech Motorsports 1 0 0 0 0 332 28th
Sean Creech Motorsport 1 0 0 0 1
Le Mans Cup - LMP3 RLR MSport 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
Euroformula Open Championship Drivex School 8 0 0 0 0 20 14th
2023 Asian Le Mans Series - LMP2 ARC Bratislava 4 0 0 0 0 18 11th
European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Duqueine Team 6 1 0 0 2 79 4th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 3rd
IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP3 Sean Creech Motorsport 4 0 2 1 2 858 16th
2024 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Nielsen Racing 3 0 0 0 0 0 23rd
IDEC Sport 2 0 0 0 0
IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2 United Autosports USA 2 0 0 0 0 525* 9th*
FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGT3 United Autosports[27] 2 0 0 0 0 8* 8th*

† As Pino was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
* Season still in progress.

Complete Euroformula Open Championship results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 DC Points
2021 Drivex School POR
1 		POR
2 		POR
3 		LEC
1 		LEC
2 		LEC
3 		SPA
1 		SPA
2 		SPA
3 		HUN
1 		HUN
2 		HUN
3 		IMO
1 		IMO
2 		IMO
3 		RBR
1 		RBR
2 		RBR
3 		MNZ
1
8 		MNZ
2
11 		MNZ
3
Ret 		CAT
1 		CAT
2 		CAT
3 		22nd 4
2022 Drivex School POR
1
10 		POR
2
9 		POR
3
11 		PAU
1
Ret 		PAU
2
5 		LEC
1
7 		LEC
2
Ret 		LEC
3
Ret 		SPA
1
WD 		SPA
2
WD 		SPA
3
WD 		HUN
1 		HUN
2 		HUN
3 		IMO
1 		IMO
2 		IMO
3 		RBR
1 		RBR
2 		RBR
3 		MNZ
1 		MNZ
2 		MNZ
3 		CAT
1 		CAT
2 		CAT
3 		14th 20

Complete European Le Mans Series results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rank Points
2021 Inter Europol Competition LMP3 Ligier JS P320 Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8 CAT RBR LEC MNZ SPA
Ret 		ALG
7 		28th 8
2022 Inter Europol Competition LMP3 Ligier JS P320 Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8 LEC
DSQ 		IMO
8 		MNZ
1 		CAT
1 		SPA
1 		ALG
Ret 		2nd 79
2023 Duqueine Team LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 CAT
1 		LEC
2 		ARA
6 		SPA
6 		POR
5 		ALG
5 		4th 79
2024 Nielsen Racing LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 CAT LEC IMO SPA MUG ALG

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pos. Points
2022 Performance Tech Motorsports LMP3 Ligier JS P320 Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 DAY
7 		SEB
 MDO
 WGL
 MOS
 ELK
 28th 332
Sean Creech Motorsport PET
3
2023  Sean Creech Motorsport LMP3 Ligier JS P320 Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 DAY
2 		SEB
7 		WGL
7 		MOS
 ELK
2 		IMS
 PET
 16th 858
2024 United Autosports USA LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 V8 DAY
6 		SEB
10 		WGL MOS ELK IMS ATL 9th* 525*
Source:[28]

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

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Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2023 France Duqueine Team Austria René Binder
Switzerland Neel Jani 		Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 327 11th 3rd
2024 United Kingdom United Autosports Japan Hiroshi Hamaguchi
Japan Marino Sato 		McLaren 720S GT3 Evo LMGT3 212 DNF DNF

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Class Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rank Points
2024 United Autosports LMGT3 McLaren 720S GT3 Evo McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8 QAT
13 		IMO
6 		SPA LMS SÃO COA FUJ BHR 8th* 8*

* Season still in progress.

References

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